Font Cache works the same way as Icon Cache, and Windows operating system creates a cache for fonts to load them faster and to display them to the interface of the app, Explorer etc. If for some reason the font cache is corrupted then the fonts may not appear properly, or it starts displaying invalid font characters in Windows 10. To resolve this issue, you need to rebuild the font cache, and in this post, we will see how to do that.
The font cache file is stored in the Windows folders: C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache, If you are trying to access this folder then you won’t be able to do that directly as Windows protect this folder. Font’s are cached in more than one files in the above folder. Anyway, without wasting any time, let’s see How to Rebuild Font Cache in Windows 10 with the help of the below-listed tutorial.
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Make sure to create a restore point just in case something goes wrong.
1. Press Windows Key + R then type services.msc and hit Enter.
2. Scroll down till you find “Windows Font Cache service” in the services window.
Note: Press W key on the keyboard to locate the Windows Font Cache service.
3. Right-click on Window Font Cache Service then selects Properties.
4. Make sure to click on Stop then set the Startup type as Disabled.
5. Click Apply, followed by OK.
6. Do the same (Follow the steps 3 to 5) for Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0.
7. Now navigate to the following folder by going to one folder at a time:
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local
Note: Do not copy and paste the above path as certain directories are protected by Windows. You need to manually double-click on each of the above folders and click Continue to access the above folders.
8. Now once inside the Local folder, delete all the files with the name FontCache and .dat as the extension.
9. Next, double-click on the FontCache folder and delete all of its content.
10. You need to also delete the file FNTCACHE.DAT from the following directory:
C:\Windows\System32\
11. Once done, reboot your PC to save changes.
12. After the reboot, make sure to start the following services and set their startup type as Automatic:
Windows Font Cache Service
Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0
13. This will successfully Rebuild Font Cache in Windows 10.
If you still see the invalid characters after restarting, you need to repair your Windows 10 using DISM.
1.Open Notepad then copy & paste the following:
@echo off :: Stop and disable "Windows Font Cache Service" service :FontCache sc stop "FontCache" sc config "FontCache" start=disabled sc query FontCache | findstr /I /C:"STOPPED" if not %errorlevel%==0 (goto FontCache) :: Grant access rights to current user for "%WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService" folder and contents icacls "%WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService" /grant "%UserName%":F /C /T /Q :: Delete font cache del /A /F /Q "%WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache\*FontCache*" del /A /F /Q "%WinDir%\System32\FNTCACHE.DAT" :: Enable and start "Windows Font Cache Service" service sc config "FontCache" start=auto sc start "FontCache"
2.Now from Notepad menu click on File then click Save as.
3. From Save as type drop-down select “All Files” then under File name type Rebuild_FontCache.bat (.bat extension is very important).
4. Make sure to navigate to desktop then click on Save.
5. Double-click on Rebuild_FontCache.bat to run it and once done reboot your PC to save changes.
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That’s it, you successfully learned How to Rebuild Font Cache in Windows 10 but if you still have any questions regarding this tutorial then feel free to ask them in the comment’s section.
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